Study On Mechanism Of Congress Elections Campaign Of People's Action Party In Singapore Under The View Of Game Theory

The nature of the election is political game. Political game is that political competitors draw up and implement strategies which beat the rivals to achieve the final desired results with a certain resources in a certain system and environment for a purpose. The People's Action Party of Singapore has won a parliament election and eleven congress(national) elections consecutively, resulting in being the head of the national government since 1959. using the game theory to analyze the electoral system of People's Action Party congress elections, the reasons of it consecutive won national elections are as follow:First is'forging'Bo Yizhe, that is itself construction and suppressing opponents. The People's Action Party, on the one hand, makes itself develop into a mature state, unites to deal the common'enemy'through a rigorous selecting and extensive hunting its candidates, the self-renewal and homeopathic transformation of party members; on the other hand, suppresses the opposition parties in multi-direction through'attacking' prominent opposition leaders and opposition tactics, scrambling the new members who want to join opposition parties. At last, the situation of that 'I' become stronger and stronger and the'enemies' is weaker and weaker came into being.Second is seting the game systems which are alernative mechansim and defense mechanism against opposition parties. The People's Action Party, on the one hand, dominating congress,created Non-Constituency Members of Parliament and Nominated Members of Parliament, making them issue the opposite and independent voice in congress, that is to say creating alernative opposition party,which slowed the voters' expectation of opposition parties; on the other hand, created Group Representation Constituencies and Counter Payment Systerm which squeeze the space the opposition parties' success, so the opposition parties lost the elections in the competition rules.Third is the control of game resource, namely, taking up the campaign media and supplanting the opposition parties. The People's Action Party, on the one hand, uses internet and radio to create the public momentum for itself, on the other hand, inhibits the opposition parties'propaganda through reviewing the internet and controling newspapers, ect, to reduce the popularity of opposition parties which lost the elections at last.Fourth is the implementation of game strategy, in other words, carrying the 'canvassing project' in line with public opinion. The People's Action Party lures voters though the renovation of HDB and release of the stock; solves problems for voters through the members of parliament meeting and interviewing them; gains the trust of people through the debating topics which is the increasement of the cost of living and the introduction of foreign talents, which defeated the opposition parties.Fifth is to create the game invironment, that is to control the elections atmosphere home and abroad. The People's Action Party, on the one hand, brings convenience to it's election resulting from taking the advantage of domestic environment through the creation of rational restrained order and establishment of bureau of election; on the other hand, eliminates the adverse effects coming from international environment through the enactment of political contribution laws and the resisting the interfere of foreign forces in order to add weight to their electoral victory.The most important reason why People's Action Party can win the elections successively is that it is uncorrupted and efficient, as well as, has remarkable achievement, but the installment and operation of electoral mechanism should also not been ignored. What the People's Action Party did in the parliamentary election made the degree of democracy in singapore very low. However, as the transition mode from tyranny to democracy, the 'unique'method of election help singapore achieve stable government and implement governance policies. In addition, the elections of singapore also has strong competitiveness. Democracy developed steadly in the elections while political stability maintaining.